Three decades after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

Denis Villeneuve directed the film from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, story by Fancher, based on characters from the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. Tim Gamble, Frank Giustra, Yale Badik and Val Hill also executive produced.

“Blade Runner 2049” marks the third collaboration between Villeneuve and director of photography Roger A. Deakins, following “Sicario” and “Prisoners,” for which Deakins received two of his 13 Oscar nominations. The behind-the-scenes creative team also includes Oscar-winning production designer Dennis Gassner (“Bugsy,” “Spectre,” “Into the Woods”), Oscar-nominated editor Joe Walker (“12 Years a Slave,” “Sicario,” “Arrival”), and costume designer Renée April (“Sicario,” “Arrival”). The music is composed by Oscar winner Hans Zimmer (“Dunkirk,” “The Lion King”) and Benjamin Wallfisch (“IT,” “Annabelle: Creation”).

Alcon Media Group presents, in association with Columbia Pictures, a Ridley Scott/Alcon Entertainment/Bud Yorkin production, in association with Torridon Films and 16:14 Entertainment, a Denis Villeneuve film. Opening in 2D and 3D in select theatres and IMAX, “Blade Runner 2049” will be distributed domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and internationally by Sony Pictures Entertainment.